![]() ![]() Neither was it the arrival, so frequent in the fifteenth century, of some plumed and bedizened embassy. It was neither an assault by the Picards nor the Burgundians, nor a hunt led along in procession, nor a revolt of scholars in the town of Laas, nor an entry of "our much dread lord, monsieur the king," nor even a pretty hanging of male and female thieves by the courts of Paris. There was nothing notable in the event which thus set the bells and the bourgeois of Paris in a ferment from early morning. The sixth of January, 1482, is not, however, a day of which history has preserved the memory. ![]() Three hundred and forty–eight years, six months, and nineteen days ago to–day, the Parisians awoke to the sound of all the bells in the triple circuit of the city, the university, and the town ringing a full peal. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. ![]()
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